Disquiet Among Alumni After IIMC Announces 7 AM-Yajna Before Seminar Moderated By Editor Of RSS Mouthpiece

The institute has also invited controversial former Baster IG Kalluri.

A yajna at 7 AM will kick-start a day-long seminar at one of India's best journalism institutes, the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), with the inaugural session moderated by Hitesh Shankar, the publisher of Panchajanya, a mouthpiece of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), affiliated with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

A student from its Hindi journalism course posted an allegedly offensive message on Facebook last year, criticising a group of teachers and students protesting Vemula's suicide through a series of discussions on discriminations, leading to unrest on the campus. Dalit students demanded an apology from the student and complained to the institute.